A Mother and Her Son

The goal of the exhibit is to compare different images of Mary and Jesus together during around the same time period and location in addition to understanding how the artist came to understand the scene and the two subjects in the work. When beginning this project, the intention was to compare the broken body of Jesus in Christ in the Tomb with the Virgin with other works with similar images of Jesus’ body. But to understand the image, Jesus is only half of the meaning of the work and what makes the piece different is that Mary is included in this image of Jesus in the Tomb. Therefore, this project will focus on the representation of Jesus’ relationship with his mother.